Sorry for the delay. Spa results are below , and Monza's update will come tomorrow. Let's get down to the business

Belgian Grand Prix Update

Lewis Hamilton fended off a late surge from Vettel to win the Belgian GP , with Danny Ric once again picking up a podium this year. The Finnish pair of Kimi and Bottas finished 4th and 5th respectively. Hulk and Romain took the flag with P6 and P7 , with Massa in P8. The inter-team bickering at FI cost them a double points finish , with Ocon only 9th , and Perez out of points. Sainz rounded off top 10.

Enough about these guys now. Let's see how we have done in the game._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Podium Performers

Now that's what you call bouncing back with a BANG!!. Undeterred from finishing last in Hungary, Herb's The Champions takes the win in this round with 189 points. Jenson's Understeer's WIIN-MOOAR Racing came in 2nd with 179 points , just ahead of Peter McG's Bootleg Honda Racing , who finished P3 , just scoring 1 point less than P2 , with 178 points.

theferret's White Visor made a couple of changes to their team , replacing Massa with Ocon and Williams with Force India. Unfortunately for them , it didn't work out in this race. They'll be hoping to cash on in further races.

The top 4 stay at the same places, with TypingChicane & the Inflatable Shark Fins increasing their gap to 2nd placed Uncle Ron's Retirement Rodeo. Fountoukos13 , winner of last round , drops 3 places this round to finish P8. The Champions make up 2 places due to their win this round.

Transfer costs, driver/team points scores and transfer points remaining update to come in the next post,along with Monza update.Once again , sorry for the delay.

PS: Anybody wants to do a transfer , please indicate it below. As usual , deadline is the start of FP1 on Friday.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Lewis and Bottas dominated the Italian GP , and Ferrari had no answer to the scorching pace of the Mercs. Lewis became the 1st back-to-back race winner this year , with Valtteri making it a 1-2 for Mercs in the Ferrari land. Vettel was a distant 3rd , with that smiling Aussie Danny Ric once again having a storming drive from the back of the grid to finish P4.Kimi was 5th , while Ocon prevailed in the battle between FI and Williams. Special mention to the storming qualy performances of both Lance Stroll and Esteban Ocon , qualifying P4 and P5 , and starting P2 and P3 due to RBR penalties.Stroll finished ahead of Massa and Perez , while Max picked up a single point.

Enough about these guys now. Let's see how we have done in the game._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Podium Performers

Having made changes to the team a race ago , it was theferret's White Visor who scored the win in this round with 184 points. Taking 2nd place twice in a row was Jenson's Understeer's WIIN-MOOAR Racing , with 176 points. There was a rush to take the final podium spot , and eventually , it was a tie between 3 teams - Herb's The Champions , TypingChicane & the Inflatable Shark Fins and Mayhem , all scoring 174 points.

Amazingly , there were no changes in the standings for the top 9 teams(Icemanjee1 caught up with Bootleg Honda Racing on points , but due to the win and an extra podium for Bootleg Honda Racing , they stay at P6.)TypingChicane & the Inflatable Shark Fins continues to build a gap to 2nd placed Uncle Ron's Retirement Rodeo, with Mayhem catching the 2nd placed team soon. theferret's White Visor , due to their win in this round , jump 2 places to go from last to 10th.

Transfer costs, driver/team points scores and transfer points remaining update to come in the next post.

PS: Anybody wants to do a transfer , please indicate it below. As usual , deadline is the start of FP1 on Friday.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I'm feeling ready to take a desperate gamble for a win. I'll swap Haas for McLaren, and Hulk for Sainz. I think this is the winning combination for Singapore, even if it certainly won't get me as much as it costs!

McLaren for Haas, please.It's a completely unnecessary (and potentially dangerous) transfer in my position, but hey. And now I need to hope that Fernando doesn't just box the McHonda at the end of every race.

All the happiness the Ferrari fans had after the qualy at Singapore GP seeing Vettel on pole and Hamilton in P5 , evaporated within seconds of the race start. Kimi made a stunning start , but Max was sandwiched between the 2 Ferrari's as Sebastian veered to his left as much as possible to close off Max , unaware of Kimi's brilliant getaway. it all ended in tears for Ferrari , Max and Alonso , while Lewis couldn't believe what just happened , and gladly took the race victory , with Danny Ric coming in P2,and Bottas in P3. Sainz and Palmer produced their best results of the season. This race might turn out to be the GP which had a significant influence on this year's WDC.

Enough about these guys now. Let's see how we have done in the game._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Podium Performers

Drumrolls for the 1st time winner of Group Pick'em this year , Icemanjee1 (humble brag ) , managing to score the joint highest score for a team this year , with 206 points. Narrowly missing out on the win , with 2 less points , is Jezza13's The Grid Fillers , with 204 points. Rounding off the podium , with 189 points , is TypingChicane's TypingChicane & the Inflatable Shark Fins and Mayhem

As noted above , it was a disastrous round for those who chose Ferrari , and a double whammy for those who also had Seb as their Group 1 driver. It's also reflected in the scores below. Exediron escaped being the joint lowest scorer in this round by making a transfer before this round (Hope this encourages others also to make bold transfers) , and hence , Fountoukos13 was left to be the last in this round , with 97 points (1st sub-100 score this season for any team) .

1) Exediron swapped out Haas for Mclaren , and Hulkenberg for Sainz. Sainz scored his best result , which in turn increased the score for this team. It cost them a total of 20 transfer points.2) TypingChicane & the Inflatable Shark also swapped out Haas for Mclaren. It cost them 8 transfer points.

Mayhem gained a place to go P2 in the standings , while Icemanjee1 , due to the win , jumps up 2 places to P5. The Champions moves 2 places up to P7 , while Bootleg Honda Racing and Fountoukos13 lose 2 places to go P8 and P10 respectively , due to their Ferrari picks.

Another race weekend , another self goal from Ferrari. Seb had a problem in qualy which meant he started the race dead last , while Kimi didn't even start the race due to a similar problem. The Red Bulls were on pace , and Max took his 1st win of the season , with Lewis in P2 and Danny Ric in P3.

Enough about these guys now. Let's see how we have done in the game._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Podium Performers

The swap to Mclaren from the previous round gets rewarded here , to TypingChicane & the Inflatable Shark Fins , who edge out Mayhem , scoring 172 and 163 points respectively. It's a 3 way tie to the 3rd place , with Icemanjee1 , The Grid Fillers , The Champions all scoring 160 points.

Remarkably , none of the teams moved up or down the standings after this race. TypingChicane & the Inflatable Shark Fins continues to extend their lead over Mayhem. While White Visor managed to tie on points with Bootleg Honda Racing , but they are still placed 9th due to the former having less transfer points than the latter.

Congrats to White Visor for their win in this round , with 198 points. Being the only team to have Ocon , it helped them defeat 2nd placed Mayhem , who scored 194 points. In 3rd place , The Grid Fillers , with 191 points.

The top 2 stay the same , while The Grid Fillers move up a place due to their podium. The big mover in this round was White Visor , who moved up 2 places in the standings due to their win in this round , to go to P7.

Transfer costs, driver/team points scores and transfer points remaining update to come in the next post.

* Since Palmer won't be taking further part in this year's championship , and Gasly will be taking part in all races except Austin , Palmer has been removed , while Gasly has been added. This also means that the max transfer point cost for drivers stays at 20.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Regarding the driver changes that has happened at Renault and Toro Rosso , the following has been decided.

1. Jolyon Palmer has been replaced by Carlos Sainz . If anyone had Palmer in their team , they would be receiving the points scored by Sainz from now on. Since no one had Palmer in their team , this is not a problem.

2. Pierre Gasly was brought in , from the Malaysian GP , as a permanent replacement for Kvyat in 2017. Again , if anyone had Kvyat in their team , they would have received points scored by Gasly . Since it was not the case , no changes here.

3. Austin GP will be a special case because Gasly won't be racing here , and Sainz has left the team. The replacement for Gasly is Brendon Hartley, while the replacement for Sainz is Kvyat(I know , its confusing )

Basically , anyone who had Sainz in their team , will now get the points scored by Kvyat.

So , those who had Sainz in their team , if you again want to pick Sainz for your team , it will cost you 12 transfer points , or if you want Hulkenberg in your team, it will cost you 11 transfer points. Else you will get the points scored by Kvyat.

There are 5 teams who currently have Sainz in their team - The Grid Fillers , Infiniti Infinity Ltd , Phoenix Racing , Icemanjee1 and Uncle Ron's Retirement Rodeo. Please indicate below , whether you want to get Sainz into your team for 12 transfer points ,or Hulkenberg for 11 transfer points , or happy with getting points that will be scored by Kvyat.

Winning for second time in 4 races , it's Icemanjee1 , who scores 178 points. In 2nd place , was The Grid Fillers , with 170 poins. Rounding off the podium was Uncle Ron's Retirement Rodeo with their 1st podium since the summer break , who scored 163 points.

Only mover in this round was the winner , Icemanjee1 , moving to 4th place , just 1 point above Uncle Ron's Retirement Rodeo. Otherwise , it's TypingChicane & the Inflatable Shark Fins , who still leads this championship from Mayhem.

Transfer costs, driver/team points scores and transfer points remaining update to come in the next post.

1. Pierre Gasly will return from the Mexico GP , so you can pick Gasly if you want , which will cost you 2 transfer points.

2. Brendon Hartley will replace Daniel Kvyat. So ,all those who had Kvyat (The Grid Fillers , Infiniti Infinity Ltd , Phoenix Racing and Uncle Ron's Retirement Rodeo) will now score points based on what Hartley scores.

If you want to change your drivers and/or teams , please indicate it below. As usual , the deadline for making the transfers is the start of FP1 on Friday.

I'm pretty sure I've always had Sainz in group three. Did that change because of the seat shuffle?

Yes. From the post I made before US GP:

Icemanjee1 wrote:

Regarding the driver changes that has happened at Renault and Toro Rosso , the following has been decided.

3. Austin GP will be a special case because Gasly won't be racing here , and Sainz has left the team. The replacement for Gasly is Brendon Hartley, while the replacement for Sainz is Kvyat(I know , its confusing )

Basically , anyone who had Sainz in their team , will now get the points scored by Kvyat.

So , those who had Sainz in their team , if you again want to pick Sainz for your team , it will cost you 12 transfer points , or if you want Hulkenberg in your team, it will cost you 11 transfer points. Else you will get the points scored by Kvyat.

There are 5 teams who currently have Sainz in their team - The Grid Fillers , Infiniti Infinity Ltd , Phoenix Racing , Icemanjee1 and Uncle Ron's Retirement Rodeo. Please indicate below , whether you want to get Sainz into your team for 12 transfer points ,or Hulkenberg for 11 transfer points , or happy with getting points that will be scored by Kvyat.

I'm pretty sure I've always had Sainz in group three. Did that change because of the seat shuffle?

Yes. From the post I made before US GP:

Icemanjee1 wrote:

Regarding the driver changes that has happened at Renault and Toro Rosso , the following has been decided.

3. Austin GP will be a special case because Gasly won't be racing here , and Sainz has left the team. The replacement for Gasly is Brendon Hartley, while the replacement for Sainz is Kvyat(I know , its confusing )

Basically , anyone who had Sainz in their team , will now get the points scored by Kvyat.

So , those who had Sainz in their team , if you again want to pick Sainz for your team , it will cost you 12 transfer points , or if you want Hulkenberg in your team, it will cost you 11 transfer points. Else you will get the points scored by Kvyat.

There are 5 teams who currently have Sainz in their team - The Grid Fillers , Infiniti Infinity Ltd , Phoenix Racing , Icemanjee1 and Uncle Ron's Retirement Rodeo. Please indicate below , whether you want to get Sainz into your team for 12 transfer points ,or Hulkenberg for 11 transfer points , or happy with getting points that will be scored by Kvyat.

And Lewis Hamilton becomes a 4 time WDC after finishing 9th , with Max once again winning a race after Red Bull fires Kvyat from the team._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Podium Performers

And it is Exediron's Infiniti Infinity Ltd , who scores P1 with 169 points. it's their 1st win (and podium) since Hungary earlier this year. Coming in 2nd is Remmirath's Phoenix Racing , with 161 points , also their 1st podium since Hungary. Both these teams had Vettel and Ferrari. Rounding off the podium at P3 ,with 155 points , is theferret's White Visor

Fountoukos13 , made a transfer to include Hamilton and Mercedes in their team , replacing Vettel and Ferrari.. But it did not get them their desired result. If they had not made these 2 transfers , they would have scored P2 in this race , which would have been their 1st podium since summer break , but well.. It cost them 12 transfer points

TypingChicane & the Inflatable Shark Fins maintain their lead in the standings against Mayhem. The Grid Fillers are closing in on P2.Uncle Ron's Retirement Rodeo moves back up to P4 , moving Icemanjee1 to P5.

As for the title , TypingChicane & the Inflatable Shark Fins are 42 points ahead of Mayhem. So Mayhem has to hope Haas outscores Mclaren by those points in last 2 races , or make changes to their team to have a chance of winning the title.

So, The Grid Fillers , Infiniti Infinity Ltd , Phoenix Racing and Uncle Ron's Retirement Rodeo still have Brendon Hartley in their team. If they want , they can replace them with Sainz/Hulk/Gasly , which will cost respective transfer points.

Another Vettel win. Another farewell from Felipe Massa._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Podium Performers

It's a 2nd win in as many races for Exediron's Infiniti Infinity Ltd , scoring 157 points. And a consecutive 2nd place for Remmirath's Phoenix Racing , with 153 points. Both of them have Vettel and Ferrari in their team , Coming in P3 is our Championship leader , TypingChicane's TypingChicane & Inflatable Shark Fins , with 146 points.

No transfers made in this round._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The only change in the standings for this race is Infiniti Infinity Ltd,who goes to P10 , due to their win this round.

TypingChicane & the Inflatable Shark Fins is now 51 points ahead of 2nd placed Mayhem. And the only difference between 2 teams is the Group 3 team - Mclaren vs Haas. Unless Abu Dhabi turns out to be an absolute crazy race , where Haas scores a 1-2 or 1-3 , it all looks like TypingChicane has sealed the championship.

Apologies everyone for posting this so late.. Got caught up in other work and completely forgot about posting the results. Thanks to @Mayhem for the reminder

Anyway , here are the results of the final race of 2017

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Update

Valttei Bottas dominated the weekend to produce arguably his best victory till date. No matter how much Lewis tried to get past him , Bottas was solid and took a deserved victory. And it was Vettel who finished P3.. And a fantastic result by Hulk to finish P6,helping Renault finish ahead of Toro Rosso._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Podium Performers

It's another win in this season for TypingChicane & Inflatable Shark Fins , with a score of 198 points. In 2nd place is Mayhem , with 195 points. In 3rd place is Fountoukos13 with a score of 193 points.